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Chevrolet SS not dead yet: Product chief suggests replacement V8 performance sedan on its way
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Mar 26, 2016 05:56
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The replacement will likely be an Alpha platform derivative if it's still RWD, I can't see an entirely new platform or continuation of the Zeta platform (no AWD). GM still needs cop cars and losing the Caprice will create a void. They could go Ford's path and make a new Impala SS, though. That would be neat. Shame though, the Chevy SS/VF Commodore seem like amazing cars that just keep getting better.
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Mar 26, 2016 14:39
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dissss posted:That's the US market Corolla - it's what Toyota think you want to see Desperate to raise their average buyer's age, a Toyota executive unwisely requests that their California design team develp the car equivalent of dubstep Remember when they delayed the previous gen Corolla for a year to try and make it "edgier" and "sportier" to compete with the then new Civic and Kias? That's right, the current Corolla is supposed to be the "hip" version
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Mar 26, 2016 15:37
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El Scotch posted:Chevrolet SS not dead yet: Product chief suggests replacement V8 performance sedan on its way Drop the new Camaro/stingray 6.2L into a Chevy-fied CTS-V and call it a day
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Mar 26, 2016 17:26
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I'd be OK with the 3.6L Twin Turbo from the V-Sports dropped into a sedan.
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Mar 26, 2016 17:33
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Hell, take the running gear from the current model, slap it on the Alpha platform and you're good.
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Mar 26, 2016 18:30
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Mange Mite posted:Desperate to raise their average buyer's age, a Toyota executive unwisely requests that their California design team develp the car equivalent of dubstep poo poo guys, I was right here this entire time. Did Toyota lose my business card again? You could probably go on the tumblr, search for "Toyota" and then just do what I said to do.
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Mar 26, 2016 19:16
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Cage posted:Who cares about evos? Not enough to keep it around, apparently. RIP, EVO. Maybe now you'll get cheap enough for me to buy one.
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Mar 27, 2016 00:41
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Evos are one of those cars I don't think I'd ever feel comfortable buying used.
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Mar 27, 2016 04:58
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Wheeee posted:Evos are one of those cars I don't think I'd ever feel comfortable buying
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Mar 27, 2016 05:12
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I remember going to a Mitsubishi dealership in Houston and trying to test drive an Evo 9. I had just test driven a WRX (the flying vagina model) and wanted to see the difference. Holy poo poo the evo was so bad. I mean the hood vents where rain could fall right on the engine, the cardboard floor in the trunk, the fisher-price grade interior. All for close to $40K. Also they wouldn't let me drive it because "they's race caws, nobody drive dem, maybe you start out on a Galant" gently caress Mitsubishi in general, and Champion Mitsubishi in particular. I'm also amazed the Mirage is a car sold in [current year] wow, that thing looks like a penalty box.
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Mar 27, 2016 11:31
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BloodBag posted:gently caress Mitsubishi in general, and Champion Mitsubishi in particular. I'm also amazed the Mirage is a car sold in [current year] wow, that thing looks like a penalty box. Honestly a literal penalty box would probably drive better then the loving mirage.
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Mar 27, 2016 13:04
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Wheeee posted:Evos are one of those cars I don't think I'd ever feel comfortable buying used. There are a whole lot of cars that fall into this type of category. EVO, STI, and as I'm learning, E46 M3. You just have to be diligent and hope to find something that previous owners haven't beat the poo poo out of and thrown a bunch of lovely mods on.
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Mar 27, 2016 13:42
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fknlo posted:There are a whole lot of cars that fall into this type of category. EVO, STI, and as I'm learning, E46 M3. You just have to be diligent and hope to find something that previous owners haven't beat the poo poo out of and thrown a bunch of lovely mods on. As I found out when I sold mine, Mazdaspeed3 for sure. I got at least $3-4k more for mine than similar models for sale because I didn't have a straight pipe exhaust and green plastidipped wheels. The buyer said he was happy to pay the premium for mine because it was obvious I didn't dump the clutch at every red light and turn the boost up to a million. It was just a clean well kept car with very minimal mods and good service records.
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Mar 27, 2016 14:14
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opengl128 posted:As I found out when I sold mine, Mazdaspeed3 for sure. I got at least $3-4k more for mine than similar models for sale because I didn't have a straight pipe exhaust and green plastidipped wheels. The buyer said he was happy to pay the premium for mine because it was obvious I didn't dump the clutch at every red light and turn the boost up to a million. It was just a clean well kept car with very minimal mods and good service records. That gives me hope when I go to sell my STI. It's the last year of the hatchback and the only thing I've done to it is a Cobb stage 1 map, the easiest thing in the world to reverse.
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Mar 27, 2016 15:06
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Zoom Zoom, motherfuckers
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I get the feeling that ten years from now finding a clean, unmolested Fiesta ST or Toyobaru is going be like finding a unicorn.
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Mar 27, 2016 21:29
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I've seen a few cotton tops driving toyobarus around town. Makes me hopeful that in a few years, I'll be able to find one that requires no unfucking outside of pulling off some fake chrome trim pieces.
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Mar 27, 2016 21:35
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Wheeee posted:I get the feeling that ten years from now finding a clean, unmolested Fiesta ST or Toyobaru is going be like finding a unicorn. The STs are cheap enough now that if you want a stock one in 10 years, you might as well get one now. I don't think finding a stockish Toyobaru will be hard at all. It's not like you can extract power cheaply from the engine. So there isn't as much incentive to mod them as it's turbocharged competition.
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Mar 28, 2016 03:30
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oRenj9 posted:The STs are cheap enough now that if you want a stock one in 10 years, you might as well get one now. pretty much every toyobaru is going to be ebay rocketbunny'd by stupid teenagers. 
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Mar 28, 2016 03:44
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Powershift posted:pretty much every toyobaru is going to be ebay rocketbunny'd by stupid teenagers. That guy's entire channel is one fail after another. It's actually fun to watch in a sadistic kind of way.
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Mar 29, 2016 02:07
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BoostCreep posted:That guy's entire channel is one fail after another. It's actually fun to watch in a sadistic kind of way. Instructed by youtube and built by Harbor Freight. It's an endearing disaster. I can't wait until he starts on the Lotus. That thing is three kinds of hosed.
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Mar 29, 2016 14:43
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Oh, Volkswagen  quote:Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) is recalling nearly 5,600 electric e-Golf cars in the United States to address a battery problem that can cause stalling, the company said Monday. Just a software bug so hopefully an easy fix...at least the battery didn't somehow start leaking windshield washer fluid.
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Mar 29, 2016 20:31
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BoostCreep posted:That guy's entire channel is one fail after another. It's actually fun to watch in a sadistic kind of way. Can I get a link to this please? I need more schadenfreude in my life
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Mar 30, 2016 00:18
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Laserface posted:Can I get a link to this please? I need more schadenfreude in my life His understanding of physics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g51IAahllzY&t=387s Here, he fixes the cracked crank case with JB weld a second time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6sKBsQi3LU Chrysler level engineering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPTKR255--I&t=687s
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Mar 30, 2016 00:44
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Touching a blown airbag bare handed is disgusting. There is always some bodily fluid on them.
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Mar 30, 2016 02:32
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Christ that poor evora 
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Mar 30, 2016 02:49
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I realize that this vehicle isn't new, but neither is whatever that tool is doing. So, I guess Mercedes pretty much won't make a new G-wagen, and have been making the thing since 1979 and still sell it for $120,000 base  It's funny to see the things looking like an early 80's troop transport with all the modern poo poo kinda tacked on. I saw a g550 yesterday with the backup camera kinda plunked at the top of the tailgate like what they hang off of the back of UPS trucks. The side mirrors have that blind spot stuff, and the headlights are the stupid LED strips from casemods.com and HIDZ. But for all intents and purposes the thing looks the same as the late 70's ones. I can't imagine the tooling for those things hasn't paid for itself many times over by now. Why can't other car makers do this? I wish BMW would make the E46 coupe again 
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Mar 30, 2016 17:15
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Pretty sure the G-wagen is only there because of rich Russians/Arabs and 0 taste
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Mar 30, 2016 18:11
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awesome-express posted:Pretty sure the G-wagen is only there because of rich Arabs and 0 taste Which is why the petrol ones only comes in high powered V8 flavors. I bet the Diesel ones are rotting somewhere in a dank Austrian warehouse. You can have all the money in the world yet it can't buy good taste. You wouldn't believe how many you'd see in an ME country in just a single day (and all of them in pristine white). Rigged Death Trap fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Mar 30, 2016 |
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Mar 30, 2016 18:16
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BloodBag posted:Why can't other car makers do this? I wish BMW would make the E46 coupe again Trucks get all kinds of leeway on safety and emissions regulations. Not that the E46 is some deathtrap but I doubt it would pass 2016-spec safety and emissions regs without some changes. Emissions can be dealt with somewhat by swapping to newer engines, but then you have to make those newer engines physically fit...
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Mar 30, 2016 18:23
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There's a G Wagen always parked at the local antique shop, one of the owners' cars. Next to it usually parked his 911. Back window sticker on the G-Wagen is something like "PORSCHE RESCUE TEAM". I laugh every time I see it. Edit: Aw, can't zoom in on it on Street View 
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Mar 30, 2016 19:18
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The G wagen is the finest car around for when you need to feel like a tinpot dictator rolling through his freshly conqured country. Short of a 1970s Mercedes limo that is.
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Mar 30, 2016 20:44
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ExplodingSims posted:The G wagen is the finest car around for when you need to feel like a tinpot dictator rolling through his freshly conqured country. Sort of.  
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Mar 30, 2016 22:51
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Not exactly a new car, but news related to new cars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sp7nvuOxtY
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Mar 30, 2016 23:03
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Consumer Reports started to mention headlights a few years ago, not sure if they've kept up on that. People in Seattle seem to drive around without any headlights so would they notice any difference????
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Mar 30, 2016 23:08
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CharlesM posted:Consumer Reports started to mention headlights a few years ago, not sure if they've kept up on that. I saw this on the news today and the soundbite that grabbed my attention was "most drivers don't actually use their high beams". Maybe it's because I live in the land of the suicidal deer and drive to work in the dark 9 months out of the year, but I'd use my high beams all the time if I could. I had a rental GMC Terrain recently and that thing had terrible headlights. There was an abrupt cutoff that in the vertical light pattern, almost like if you took tape and taped off the top half of the headlights. It was worse than the BMW 3 series used in that video.
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Mar 30, 2016 23:32
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LordOfThePants posted:I had a rental GMC Terrain recently and that thing had terrible headlights. There was an abrupt cutoff that in the vertical light pattern, almost like if you took tape and taped off the top half of the headlights. It was worse than the BMW 3 series used in that video. How high off the ground at typical truck-following distance (three feet) was the cut-off? Miata mirror height? Camry mirror height?
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Mar 30, 2016 23:42
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So.... how much is this thread going to blow up at 8:30PM tomorrow?LordOfThePants posted:I saw this on the news today and the soundbite that grabbed my attention was "most drivers don't actually use their high beams".
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Mar 30, 2016 23:43
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What's 8:30PM tomorrow?
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Mar 30, 2016 23:47
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MrYenko posted:Sort of. Your reading skills are subpar comrade, TO THE PLUTONIUM MINES WITH YOU!
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